Richard Bernstein tackles difficult topics in his short study of an extraordinary entertainer, Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson in Lithuania in 1886), and a profoundly important movie—and not just because ...

The music world gathered at New York’s Abyssinian Baptist Church to celebrate the life and mourn the loss of Roberta Flack.

MTV Unplugged” was arguably at its height in 1993. That year, the series of intimate acoustic performances featured stars like Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots and Neil Young, building on era-defining ...

Dr. Hazel Dukes has been on the frontlines for civil rights for decades and on Wednesday mourners are expected to pour inside Mother AME Zion Church for her celebration of life service.

A public memorial service bursting with music, including planned performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise one by Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees, celebrated the life ...

Stevie Wonder and Rev. Al Sharpton were among the speakers and performers at soul singer Roberta Flack’s public memorial service in Manhattan on Monday.

Moments before leading them across the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock urged the ...

R. Kelly, 3 years into his 30-year sentence, breaks silence on "Inmate Tea" podcast, addressing sex trafficking & ...

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.

It’s the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and civil rights activists took to the streets of Selma, Alabama to remember the ...